Who are the ad wizards that came up with THIS one? |
Today is the day before the third and fourth graders at my school take the state standardized math exam. We had some review material to finish up, but overall, I tried to keep it light and easy and re...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:21:00 PST |
A classic (?) revisited |
Kind of a slow Sunday, so I thought I'd repost something that still gets a ton of queries and hits. And it's still topical, since I have just as many "odd" names this year as I ever have.So, please to...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:14:00 PST |
Are You More Cynical Than a 3rd Grade Teacher? |
I auditioned for a game show here in Dallas last weekend called Whatta Ya Think? and I actually did quite well. If indeed they start filming in June as they said, I ought to be called back. Maybe that...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:53:00 PST |
Common sense |
This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com is all about the trials and tribulations of getting kids to check the reasoning on their math answers. No, 11-5 should NOT equal 14! Nor should it equal...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:05:00 PST |
Break out the parkas |
I got an e-mail today through my school server that was a memo from downtown about the summer dress code. In my district, for most of the year, men wear ties and women wear hose. Summer dress code rel...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:38:00 PST |
Visitors in the room |
I am working on a theory for a new way for kids to learn more. Part of the problem right now is that many of my kids just don't listen to me. I'm imparting great wisdom to them, but they are too occup...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:14:00 PST |
Career criminals |
One of my extremely hyperactive, misbehaved, needy little boys asked me a very interesting question yesterday. So of course I gave him a very interesting answer right back.
He asked, "Mister Teacher,...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:36:00 PST |
Lump, revisited |
Well, as it was foretold, this was not an easy week with Lump. Here when I agreed to let him come to my classroom (yeah, like I actually had a choice in the matter), I figured it would just be a matte...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST |
Que lastima! |
This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com may make you want to say Hey, watch your language! Since I work at a school with a very large percentage of Spanish-speakers, I have don...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST |
His name is Lump |
There is a kid in the third grade who is not new to my school but who came to my class for the first time today. He had been in another section, but things weren't working out for him so well over the...
Posted by Mister Teacher on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:27:00 PST |
